#48A3D4#48A3D4

#48A3D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.112 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3D4
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 212)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 23.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -11.85, -32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 34.97, 250.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0638 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.112 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6487, 32.3226, 67.0564)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3D4 #D47948

analogous

#48D4BF #48A3D4 #485DD4

triadic

#48A3D4 #D448A3 #A3D448

tetradic

#48A3D4 #BF48D4 #D47948 #5DD448

square

#48A3D4 #BF48D4 #D47948 #5DD448

split-complementary

#48A3D4 #D4485D #D4BF48

monochromatic

#1F6083 #2A84B4 #48A3D4 #7ABCE0 #ABD5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#48A3D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#48A3D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3D4

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3D4	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7894D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.112 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bee1',
    500: '#48a3d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3d4;
$custom-light: #89bee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68102,
    "c": 0.11226,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3D4

secondary

#D9B39F

accent

#7C43E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3D4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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